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A Method for investigating Membrane Permeability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

S. T. P. Brightwell
S. T. P. Brightwell
Affiliation:
Locust Laboratory, Imperial Institute of Entomology.
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Recent developments of physiology have emphasised the importance of membranes, and in entomology, studies on the permeability of membranes would offer the necessary basis for investigations on the physiological action of insecticides, particularly those applied externally, as well as on the many aspects of insect physiology.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , December 1938 , pp. 391 - 403
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1938

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